Bag filler and holder.



No. 744,338. PATENTEDYINOV. 17, 1903. M. E. HALL.

BAG FILLER AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 11. 1903.

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BAG- FILLER AND HOLDER. APPLIOATION PIQLED MAR/11. 1903.

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- MILES E. HALL, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

BAG FILLER ALNDI HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,338, dated November17, 1903.

Application filed March II 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILES E. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New J ersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag Fillers andHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for filling sacks orbags with grain and the like and it consists in the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts of which it is composed, all aswill be hereinafter more fully explained and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

The annexed drawings,to which reference is made,fully illustrate myinvention,in which Figure 1 represents a side View of my improvedbag-filler. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is afront view, and Fig. 74 is a plan View of the shank, shown in blank formprior to being applied to the handle and scoop portion of the device.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thebag-filler, comprising the handle a, the shank b, and the scoop c, aswell as the canvas chute or throat d.

The scoop c is constructed with the usual open front 6; but at the rearthereof the wall f has an opening g through it, the lower portion ofsaid opening being on a level withthe floor of the scoop, while theupper portion is spanned by a wall h, the under side t'of which inclinesupward and outward, providing a guideway in connection with the floorandv side walls of the scoop for the grain as it passes back to theopening in the rear, Surrounding this rear opening is a flange j, havinga groove 76, to which one end of the canvas chute is secured, while theopposite end thereof is detachably secured to a sack to be filled, allas will be further hereinafter explained. i

The handle a is constructed in the usual well-known manner,'but not sowith the shank portion, as this portion is of peculiar con-'struction-viz.-, the shank is stamped out of sheet metal, and theportion Z, which is bolted to the handle, is bent in tubular form forreceiving the handle, and the side ears m m are extended and are bent atright angles to the body or main portion having perforations Serial No,147.241. (No model.)

thereof, the same being open at both ends.

The upper opening is received by the grooved flange on the rear of thescoop and is secured thereto by twine or other simple fastening, and thelower enlarged end of said chute is secured to a hoop t, which isprovided with a central groove 10 and a hook 1), while the canvas chuteis provided with a flexible supporting-strip w, the upper ends: of whichis stitched to the chute and the lower free end y is fixed to a belt 2,that is providedwith fasteners a,whereby the belt is secured to hoopwhen the sack is in position for fillingy and this supportingstrip notonly serves to support the belt and keep it always with the chute, thuspreventing said belt from displacement, but it serves the purpose of ahandle in adjusting the hoop end of said chute to the mouth of a sack.

It will thus be observed from the above description, when taken inconnection with the annexed drawings, that after the mouth of the sackor bag is adjusted over the hoop and the belt is fastened the samepressing into the groove, thereby holding the sack firmly thereto, theoperator shovels the grain and the latter passes rearwardly through thescoop and out the rear opening into the flexible chute, the same passingtherethrough and into the sack, and when the latter is filled thefasteners are released, thus releasing the belt, thereby releasing themouth of the sack from the hoop, when another jenipty sack can bequickly attached for filling. The ;hook .securedto the hoop isdesigned'to' facilitate the ing first hooked thereon. The length of thechute should be long enough to allow about one-half of the sack to dragupon the floor of the buildingwhen being filled, and a device as hereindescribed and shown is simple in construction easily and quicklyoperated, and at the same time cheap to manufacture, as well as beingvery durable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The scoop provided with the inclined rear wall and rear opening andgrooved flange surrounding said opening, the sheet-metal shank havingthe broad V- shaped portions provided with the side perforated wings andears and the tubular portion adapted to receive the handle and meanssubstantially as described for receiving the grain from the scoop.

2. The combination with the scoop provided with the rear inclined walland opening, surrounded by the grooved rear projection, of thesheetmetal shank having the broadened end and tubular end, ears and sidewings, the handle and the flexible chute pro vided with the groovedhoop, flexible strip and belt, substantially as described.

The within-described sack or bag filler consisting of the scoop, havingthe rear opening and inclined wall above said opening, the

projection surrounding the opening and provided with the groove, theshank formed of sheet metal having the tubular and broadened oppositeends and side wings and ears, the flexible chute provided with thegrooved hoop, flexible strip and belt, said strip and belt attached tothe chute and the handle connected to the tubular portion of the shank,the whole constructed and arranged substantially as described.

4. The combination with the scoop, provided with the inclined wall, rearopening and chute of the shank provided with the enlarged and narrowportions and side wings and ears said wings, ears and narrow portionprovided with the perforations to receive fasteners whereby the same issecured to the scoop and handle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two witnesses.

MILES E. HALL.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH I-I. HARKINS, GEO. H. HENDERSON.

